déçois vs dois, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“déçois” and “dois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,584
“déçois” frequency rank: #707
“dois” frequency rank: 31291
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	déçois	dois
Definition	Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décevoir.	Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de devoir.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set déçois and dois apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

déçois

4 ch

dois

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. déçois (\de.swa\) and dois (\dwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déçois is recorded at frequency rank #30,584, classified as averb, pronounced \de.swa\. dois is at rank #707, tagged as averb, pronounced \dwa\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31291, this pair ranks #304,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déçois vs dois

Shared letters: dios. Private to "déçois": çé. Private to "dois": -.

"déçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

dois ← ddois · doiss · dosi · odis

Frequency comparison

déçois#30,584

dois#707

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "déçois" and "dois" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\de.swa\ versus \dwa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "déçois" or "dois"?

"dois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #707 in our French list, against #30,584 for "déçois". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering déçois vs dois

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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